Ferrandière Cabernet Sauvignon – Reserve

  • Appellation : Pays d’Oc IGP
  • Grape Variety : 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

 

Tasting Notes

 

  • Colour : Deep garnet red colour with bright ruby tints.
  • Nose : Intense red berry flavours (raspberries), red pepper and tobacco notes, underlined with cocoa and spicy vanilla aromas.
  • Palate : Aromas of chocolate roasted nuts, currants and clay with a tart medium dry body and a grilled cedar, cherry and apple accented finish.
  • Food pairing : Best served at 17° C. This wine will pair well with warm salads or meat pies; with main courses, it will pair with barbecued lamb or beef, or lamb stews, flank steaks, as well as hard cheeses.
  • Cellaring : If kept in good conditions (15° C and bottle laying down) the La Forge Cabernet Sauvignon will age perfectly over 5 years.
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Description

Vineyard

  • Soil type : Clay and Limestone on lagoon bed with salt content.
  • Age of the vine : 21-31 year-old
  • Pruning : Cordon de Royat and simple Guyot.
  • Harvest : Mechanical harvest at night at full maturity.
  • Average yield : 52 hl/ha
  • Density of planting : 4 000 plants/ha
  • Elevation : 100 m
  • Climate : Mediterranean with continental and oceanic influences

Vinification

Destemming of the grapes. Cool maceration at 8°C for few hours. Fermentation starts on the second day at 28°C maxi during 5 to 6 days. After fermentation, maceration lasts for 10 days at 20/ 25°C with daily pumping over at the beginning of the maceration. After maceration, the wine is very softly pressed with pneumatic press. The first pressings have been re-blended with the free run wine. Before malolactic fermentation 45% of the wine is put in 225 litre oak barrels. We use 70% French Oak barrels (new, 1st and 2nd use) and 30% American oak barrel (1st and 2nd use). The wine is then blended with the stainless steel fermented wine before ageing during 6 months in barrel.

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